Employee&#39;s indexing system.



A. LEGAULT.

EMPLOYEES INDEXINQ SYSTEM. APPLICATION HLED MAYII. 1917.

Patented Oct. 23,1917.

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EMPLOYEES INDEXING SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED MAYH. 19w.

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A. LEGAULT.

EMPLOYEE'S INDEXING SYSTEM.

APPLICATION men MAY 17, 1911.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 cw. BLOCK ALBERT LEGAULT, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

EMPLOYEES INDEXING- SYSTEM.

I Specification of LettersPatent. Patented @015; 1917 7 Application filed May 17, 1917, Serial No. 169,323

To all whom it may concern .1

Be it known that I, ALBERT LEGAULT, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Employees Indexing Systems; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

,The present invention relates to an indexing system and more particularly to a time recording apparatus to be used for recording the employees often on duty of preferably a railroad company.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus wherein the names of employees may be readily kept and classified, and the names locked in such classified position to prevent their removal by unauthorized persons.

With the above and other objects in view which will hereinafter appear as the description continues, the inventionconsists of the novel features of construction, combination and formation of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been shown the simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details herein exhibited, but the right is hereby reserved to any changes, alterations or modifications to which recourse may be had that come within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing the efficiency of the same. 7

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the door removed;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section;

Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged elevation;

Fig. 5 is anenlarged-detail section;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail horizontal section; v

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view through one of the endless belts and operating means;

Fig. 8 is a detail sectional View through one of the adjustable bearings;

lar reference characters throughout the several vlews.

The cabinet herein shown for retaining the present invention comprises a. rear wall 1, side walls 2 and a topand bottom indicated by the numerals 3 and 4 respectively. The-front of the cabinet is inclosedby means of the glass plate 5 which is retained in position by means of the strips 6 secured to the side walls and bottom of the cabinet and the latch member 7 locks the plate within the strip 6, but permits its ready removal when it is desired to clean the same. The side walls 2 of the cabinet are provided with the elongated openings 8, whereby access may be gained to the interior of the cabinet and these openings are to be closed by means of the doors 9 which may be provided with a padlockfor locking the same closed. Arranged in front of the cabinet and behind the plate glass 5 is a frame 10 which is divided up in to a plurality of sections and each section being designated as shown in Fig. 1, according to the position'held by the employees and their present location. EX-

tending through the top .3 of the cabinet and resting within the upper end of the frame lO are the plates .11 which plates contain a list of employees names and the date on which they entered into employment of the company. These two lists are designated by the words Engineers and Firemen (seniority list). In other words, inthis list is contained the names of employees who have been with the company a long period of time and who have preference to different work over other employees. The remaining sections of this partition 10v are divided up into slots in which are adapted to be retained the name recording blocks 12 and these blocks 12 are adapted to be locked within the recesses. These name recording blocks 12 comprise an elongated rectangular strip of material having the name of one employee on the face thereof and the opposite face of these blocks 12 are provided each with a recess 13. Carr ied by the inner face of the partition 10 are the apparatus forming the subject matter of Git a plurality .of spring actuated pawls 14: and the free ends of these pawls are adapted to rest within the recesses 13 within the blocks 12 for retaining these blocks in locked position within the partition and by so looking these blocks within the partition 10 they can not be removed Without first unlocking the door 9 and grasping the pawls let, by running the hand through the opening 8 within either side of the cabinet. Arranged within the cabinet is a central partition 15 and to each side of this partition 15 are secured the brackets 16. These brackets each carry a pair of spaced bearing arms17 in which are journaled the shafts l8 and adapted to rest against these shafts 18 are the set screws 19, the pumpose of which will be later described. Carried by the lower shaft 18 is a pair of idler wheels 20 and carried by the upper shaft 18 are a pair of gear wheels 21. Extending over these wheels 20 and 21 is an endless belt comprising a plurality of transversely extending bars 22 which are flexibly connected by means of the hinged plates 28. The inner walls of each of theseblocks 22 are provided with a spring actuated pawl 1% and the outer walls of these blocks 22 are provided with the recesses 24: for the reception of the name recording blocks 12. These blocks 22 are also provided on their inner face with gear teeth 25 which mesh with the teeth of the gears 21, so that when the gears 21 are rotated the endless belt will move. Carried by the upper shaft 18 is a hand wheel 26, whereby the gear wheels 21 may be manually rotated. The set screws 19 pro Vide means for holding the shafts 18 to and from each other so that any slack within this endless belt may be readily taken up. The side walls 2 of the cabinet are provided with projecting portions 27 which are adapted to register with the sides of the partition 10 and these projecting portions 27 are provided with the openings 28 which are adapted to register with the recesses formed within the partition 10 and the recesses 2% formed within the endless conveyors, so that the name recording blocks may be inserted through the openings formed within these extensions 27 and placed within the recess formed within the blocks 22 and the partition 10. The openings 29 within the extensions 27 which register with the recesses 24 are of such a length as to only permit the entrance of six of the blocks 12 and therefore only six of these blocks are to be retained within each endless belt at one time. Arranged upon the outer face of the partition 10 are the numbers 1 to 6 inclusive which are adapted to register with the recesses 24 in the endless belts, so that the employee who is to be next called for duty may place his block 12 through the opening 29 into one of the recesses 24% which correspond with the numeral one in the partition 10; this indicating that the employee is the first one to be called for duty. The next employees in line to be called for duty will likewise place their blocks 12 within the recesses 24: until six in number have been retained in each endless belt. The outer end of each block projects beneath the extensions 27 as better shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, thereby providing a locking means to prevent the rotation of the endless belt until the block corresponding with the numeral one has been removed. The employee, whose name appears on the block corresponding with the numeral one, will, when called to duty, request that his block be removed by releasing the pawl '14, which is holding the same in locked position. In so removing this block the endless belt may then be turned and the next succeeding block will register with the numeral one and indicate that the employee, whose name appears on this block, is the next to be called. When an employee has been called to duty, the block with his name thereon is removed from the endless belt and placed within one of the recesses formed within the partition 10 under the title of Men on duty. If the employee is not on duty his block will then be properly classified under the titles of Sick list or Men on leave. Arranged within the lower end of the casing are the compartments 30 which may contain unused blocks. I

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will be noted that the partition 10 is dividedup into sections and each section being classified and titled with a name as to the position of the employee, but, of course, it is to be understood that this partition may be sub-divided and re-classified into any number of sections desired, according to the position and number of employees and the specific manner of classifying these names may be arranged in accordance with the desire of the operator.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described the combination of a cabinet, of a partition arranged within said cabinet, the outer face of said partition having a-plurality of recesses formed therein, blocks adapted to rest within said recesses and projecting beyond said casing, and spring actuated pawls secured to the rear face of said partition, sub stantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a device of the character described comprising a cabinet, a plurality of endless belts mounted within said cabinet, means for moving said belts, each of said belts having a plurality of recesses formed within the outer faces thereof, blocks adapted to be re tained within said recesses, and said blocks adapted to lock said belts against movement iubsfiantially as and for the purpose set ort 3. In a device of the character described said recesses, and spring actuated paWls carcomprising a cabinet, a plurality of endless ried by the inner face of each of said bars belts arranged Within said cabinet, each of for engaging said blocks substantially as and 10 said endless belts comprising a plurality of for the purpose specified.

5 hingedly connected bars, the outer face of In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my each of said bars having recesses formed hand. therein, blocks adapted to be placed Within ALBERT LEGAULT.

Copies of this patent may be ebtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

